2025
Novel indices of state- and county-level social disadvantage in older Americans and disparities in mortality
Wang Y, Zang E, Davis-Plourde K, Gill T, Becher R. Novel indices of state- and county-level social disadvantage in older Americans and disparities in mortality. Health & Place 2025, 92: 103438. PMID: 40058245, PMCID: PMC12142587, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHumansMaleMortalitySocial VulnerabilitySocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesVulnerable PopulationsConceptsIncreased mortality riskContextual disadvantageOlder personsOlder AmericansCommunity-living older personsSocial disadvantageMortality riskIndices of social disadvantageReduce health disparitiesPopulation of older AmericansCounty-levelPublic health policiesNon-disadvantaged groupsMortality disparitiesHealth disparitiesHealth policyMortality existUnited StatesDisadvantaged countiesNegative binomial modelGeriatric populationComposite indexDisparitiesDisadvantaged statesMultidimensional factors
2016
Effect of Structured Physical Activity on Overall Burden and Transitions Between States of Major Mobility Disability in Older Persons: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial.
Gill TM, Guralnik JM, Pahor M, Church T, Fielding RA, King AC, Marsh AP, Newman AB, Pellegrini CA, Chen SH, Allore HG, Miller ME. Effect of Structured Physical Activity on Overall Burden and Transitions Between States of Major Mobility Disability in Older Persons: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2016, 165: 833-840. PMID: 27669457, PMCID: PMC5476905, DOI: 10.7326/m16-0529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overExerciseFemaleHealth EducationHumansMaleMobility LimitationQuality of LifeSingle-Blind MethodVulnerable PopulationsConceptsMajor mobility disabilityStructured physical activity programPhysical activity programPhysical activityMobility disabilityHealth educationActivity programStructured physical activityHealth education interventionNational InstituteOnset of disabilityQuality of lifeDisability episodeTreat principleRandomized trialsPatient assessmentRisk ratioOverall burdenProportion of assessmentsSedentary personsFunctional limitationsU.S. CentersEnhanced recoverySecondary analysisOlder persons
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